Comparison

Google BigQuery vs Trino

On the evidence we track, Trino leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Google BigQuery full profile →Trino full profile →

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Google BigQuery46

★Trino52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google BigQuery	TrinoLeader
Vioscale score	46 / 100low · 49%	52 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	4	18
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.6
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.trino%3Atrino-jdbc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	468
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	13,183
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	45
Historyrelease.history	-	7 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Google BigQuery46 / 100low · 49%

Trino52 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

Google BigQuery✓

Trino✓

Model

Google BigQueryfreemium

Trinoopen_source

Price level

Google BigQuerylow

Trinofree

Transparent

Google BigQuery✗

Trino✓

Integrations

Count

Google BigQuery4

Trino18

Security

Scorecard

Google BigQuery–

Trino5.6

Vulnerabilities

Google BigQuery–

TrinoCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.trino%3Atrino-jdbc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Google BigQuery✓

Trino–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Google BigQuery–

Trino468

Github stars

Google BigQuery–

Trino13,183

Activity

Commits last 30d

Google BigQuery–

Trino100

Release

Cadence days

Google BigQuery–

Trino45

History

Google BigQuery–

Trino7 items

License

Spdx

Google BigQuery–

TrinoApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Google BigQuery–

TrinoJava

Market

Availability

Google BigQueryAvailable worldwide

TrinoAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	Google BigQuery	Trino
Deployment
Deployment	Managed cloud	Self-hosted
Architecture
Architecture	Serverless	Coupled MPP
Compute model	-	Clusters
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	ANSI SQL
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	✓
Interoperability
Table-format support	-	-
Scale
Concurrency scaling	-	-
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✗	-
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	First-class	-
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	✓	-
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	Permissive OSS

Deployment

Google BigQueryManaged cloud

TrinoSelf-hosted

Architecture

Google BigQueryServerless

TrinoCoupled MPP

Compute model

Google BigQuery-

TrinoClusters

Query

SQL dialect

Google BigQueryVendor-specific

TrinoANSI SQL

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Google BigQuery✓

Trino✓

Interoperability

Table-format support

Google BigQuery-

Trino-

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Google BigQuery-

Trino-

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Google BigQuery✗

Trino-

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

Google BigQueryFirst-class

Trino-

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Google BigQuery✓

Trino-

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Google BigQuery✓

Trino-

Licensing

Licence class

Google BigQueryProprietary

TrinoPermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Google BigQuery

BigQuery is a fully managed, serverless data warehouse that supports analytics, machine learning, and AI applications. It enables users to store and query large datasets while integrating built-in AI capabilities for predictive analytics and natural language interaction.

Independently observed

Trino

Leader

An open-source SQL query engine built for fast, distributed analytics over large-scale datasets stored in multiple systems. It enables users to query data in place without copying, supporting interactive analytics workloads from single queries to high-volume applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Google BigQuery

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 10 GiB storage and 1 TiB monthly queries. New customers receive $300 in free credits.

Free tierFree

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Trino

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Google BigQuery	Trino
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Google BigQuery✓

Trino✗

CLI

Google BigQuery✗

Trino✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google BigQuery✓

Trino✓

Self-hosted

Google BigQuery✗

Trino✓

On-premise

Google BigQuery✗

Trino✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Google BigQuery

4 total

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Data Engineering Agent
Data Science Agent
Conversational Analytics Agent

Independently observed

Trino

Leader

18 total

Grafana
Apache Airflow
Apache DolphinScheduler
Coginiti
Cube
DBeaver
dbt
DbVisualizer
Emacs
Tableau
Power BI
Superset
R
Hadoop
S3
Cassandra
MySQL
Elasticsearch

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.